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Blizzard talked about it before and today has gone live with the ability for users to change their Faction. Blizzard employee posted the following on their message board: ” The new World of Warcraft Faction Change service is now live. As we mentioned previously, [ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=18031079410&sid=1 ] we’ve been in the process of developing a new service for World of Warcraft that will allow players to change their faction from Alliance to Horde or Horde to Alliance for a fee. After purchasing a Faction Change for a character, a player can choose any race of the opposite faction that is compatible with the character’s class. For more information on the Faction Change service, please read the FAQ, [ http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&tag=FCFAQ ] or visit the Faction Change page [ https://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/faction-change-intro.html ] to get started. Based on further community feedback, we have also decided to offer a race change service in the future.

I know many of you are very talented artists. Which is why you should all consider entering Threadless loves geeks design challenge. You have from now until October 1,2009 to submit your design. So far there has been only one entry. Designs can really be about anything as long as it showcases your geeky fandom. The prizes are pretty awesome and make it worth entering. The prizes are: -$2,500 donation by Microsoft to #blamedrewscancer in the chosen designers name -A Zune HD -An Xbox 360 Elite System -A 10-pack of sweet games -An Xbox Live Gold Subscription -$500 Threadless Gift Certificates -$2,000 in cash Good luck and let us know if you enter! Follow

Activision’s Guitar Hero 5 is now out and fans can now consolidate their favorite Guitar Hero Songs in the Guitar Hero Music Library. The library has the ability to import 35 songs from Guitar Hero World Tour for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii for 280 MS Points, $3.49 on the PS3, and 350 Wii Points. Select track packs from Guitar Hero Smash Hits will be available later this month. The Deluxe Box Set Edition of “Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert” will be available November 3rd. On September 3, The Rolling Stones Live track pack will have select songs and be available for 720 MS Points or $8.99 on the PS3. Here’s the launch trailer for Guitar Hero 5: Follow

Defense Grid: The Awakening is now available on Xbox Live Arcade. Hidden Path Entertainment is an independent developer that has built the tower defense game on Emergent’s Gamebryo engine. “We built Defense Grid: The Awakening with the Xbox LIVE Arcade audience in mind from the very beginning. Its unique spin on tower defense gameplay is a perfect fit, as it appeals to gamers of all skill levels, but has enough challenge modes to keep those hard-core Xbox 360 users engaged for hours” said Jeff Pobst, co-founder and CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment. “ Defense Grid: The Awakening is selling at 800 MS Points. Here is a trailer showcasing the feedback on the title: Video Games | Defense Grid | Critical Acclaim Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Follow

Namco Bandai has announced the launch of Namco Sounds which is an exclusive iTunes music label. The label will offer re-mastered soundtracks from Namco Bandai Games. To celebrate the launch, Namco Sounds will have tracks from PAC-MAN®, Xevious®, and SOULCALIBUR® SUITE – THE RESONANCE OF SOULS AND SWORDS. Releases of songs from other games will be available on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. SOULCALIBUR SUITE – THE RESONANCE OF SOULS AND SWORDS is a soundtrack from the September 1 release of Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny for the PSP performed by the Australia-based Eminence Symphony Orchestra. Single tracks are available for $.99 with albums available for $2.99. Follow

Get your body suit and stiletto boots out of the closet because SEGA of America is looking for a real life Bayonetta with Maxim.com. SEGA is looking for a girl who captures the style and attitude of the heroine from the upcoming game. The winning contestant will be spotlighted on Maxim.com, receive a Xbox 360 game and entertainment system from Microsoft, a 50 inch Panasonic TC-P50X1 HDTV Plasma TV and a copy of Bayonetta for the Xbox 360. “Bayonetta is lethal – she’s beautiful but brutal. We’re convinced she will stir up the Maxim readers.” said Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America, Inc. “We can’t wait to see the Maxim.com audience rise to the challenge of trying to find us a real life Bayonetta.” You have to be 18 years or older to enter and a resident of US or Canada. Participants have until September 30 to

Movie trivia game, Scene It is expanding. Not only will there be a new version, Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen!, but the game will now be available on the Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Expanding the player base for the trivia game. Trivia content in the new game will include recently released 2009 movies as well as fan favorite Hollywood hits from over four decades. Screenlife will be teaming up with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to distribute the product. “We are thrilled to collaborate with WBIE on the release of Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen!,” said Barry Watts, Chief Executive Officer of Screenlife. “Combining WBIE’s world-class distribution expertise with our most entertaining console trivia game to-date, Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! is sure to be a smash hit with movie and pop-culture fans of all ages.” Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! will have thousands of

I’ve always been a fan of Alienware, and their very powerful (and shiny) computers. I’ve loved the fact that you can customize their computers nicely to get what you want inside of them and to add a bit of your own personality via the case design and lighting. So when I got an email regarding a new line of gaming peripherals that they are releasing I was intrigued. In June, Alienware had released one of the first of these with their OptX AW2210 Monitor ($299). A 21.5″ full HD monitor that has some great specs to it including two HDMI ports, adjustable stand, four USB 2.0 ports for connecting various peripherals, and low input lag. Sounds like a pretty good monitor if you do a lot of gaming, and I know I would love those extra USB ports in the monitor for connecting some external hard drives and my headset.

My Twitter list is full of people heading out to PAX 2009 this weekend. I hope you all have fun and I wish I could be there with you. If you haven’t left for PAX yet, you may want to consider packing some used games. PAX 2009 is opening the Donate Games’ online store where Jim Carol and volunteers will be at the convention center to accept your used games for charity. In return you’ll get a tax-deductible receipt and a warm feeling in your heart. “We’re thrilled to be on site and seeing the faces of the amazing folks who contribute games,” said Carol. “It means so much to us to have that personal connection and to be able to offer gamers a chance to see us in turn. When you hand off a game to a real person and know that it’s going to do good for someone

This month we are ecstatic to celebrate with you four years of GamingAngels.com. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that long already, but looking back the site has come a long way. All this month we’ll be celebrating in various ways. Every couple days we’ll be spotlighting a staff member at GA. You’ll get an insight to who they are, how they ended up here and a look at where they’d like to go. We’ll also be celebrating with weekly gaming nights starting this Sunday with Rock Band. I’ll post about that later. Happy Birthday GamingAngels and here’s to many more! A little about me: I’ve always felt younger that what I actually am. Not sure why that is, but it tends to make me feel like I have all the time in the world. Maybe that’s why it took me 10 years to get off my butt and